Barrington Research Boosts Earnings Estimates for Sirius XM

Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Barrington Research upped their Q4 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Sirius XM in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, April 23rd. Barrington Research analyst P. Sholl now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.79 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.78. The consensus estimate for Sirius XM's current full-year earnings is $3.20 per share.

A number of other analysts have also recently issued reports on SIRI. Seaport Res Ptn raised Sirius XM from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 8th. Morgan Stanley lowered their target price on shares of Sirius XM from $23.00 to $21.00 and set an "underweight" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. Rosenblatt Securities dropped their target price on shares of Sirius XM from $29.00 to $24.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, February 3rd. Finally, Guggenheim reduced their price target on Sirius XM from $30.00 to $29.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, Sirius XM currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $26.81.

Sirius XM Stock Up 1.5 %

Shares of NASDAQ:SIRI opened at $21.67 on Monday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $22.39 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $24.02. The company has a market capitalization of $7.34 billion, a PE ratio of -3.38, a PEG ratio of 0.79 and a beta of 0.98. Sirius XM has a 52 week low of $18.69 and a 52 week high of $41.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93, a quick ratio of 0.42 and a current ratio of 0.42.

Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, January 30th. The company reported $0.83 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.20. Sirius XM had a positive return on equity of 13.44% and a negative net margin of 24.03%.

Sirius XM Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, May 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 9th will be issued a $0.27 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 9th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.98%. Sirius XM's payout ratio is presently -16.85%.

Institutional Trading of Sirius XM

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB bought a new stake in Sirius XM during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $5,489,000. Franklin Resources Inc. raised its position in shares of Sirius XM by 209.1% during the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 87,201 shares of the company's stock worth $2,062,000 after acquiring an additional 58,993 shares during the last quarter. Everence Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Sirius XM in the fourth quarter worth approximately $241,000. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division bought a new stake in Sirius XM in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $104,000. Finally, First Hawaiian Bank acquired a new stake in Sirius XM during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $454,000. 10.69% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Sirius XM

Sirius XM Holdings Inc operates as an audio entertainment company in North America. It operates in two segments, Sirius XM, and Pandora and Off-platform. The company's Sirius XM segment provides music, sports, entertainment, comedy, talk, news, traffic and weather channels, and other content, as well as podcast and infotainment services on subscription fee basis; and live, curated, and exclusive and on demand programming services through satellite radio systems and streamed through applications for mobile and home devices, and other consumer electronic equipment.

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